EarthSky News - June 3 - Moon and Jupiter Saturday Night

June 3 Moon and Jupiter Saturday Night by:

Tonight … Moon and Jupiter They're the 2 brightest objects in the evening sky, close together Saturday night! Cool preview of Pluto craft's next target    Today, and on July 10 and 17, astronomers will be watching as tiny MU69 in the outer solar system - the New Horizons spacecraft's next target - occults or blocks the light from 3 different stars. LIGO's 3rd gravitational wave detection Albert Einstein hypothesized these ripples in the fabric of space-time a century ago. Now scientists have detected them for the 3rd time, from distant black hole collisions. Your immune system in space New video from NASA about studies on the effects of space travel on the human body's immune system.

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Tonight … Moon and Jupiter As night deepens, a bright star nearby - Spica in the constellation Virgo - will come into view to the east of the moon and Jupiter.

Close conjunction of Venus and Uranus Venus passed 1.8 degrees south of Uranus yesterday, and Eliot Herman in Tucson captured their close conjunction. Click here to view larger, to see just a hint of Uranus' green color. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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